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• All correct answers will be eligible to win a special email message from me.
• One winner will be randomly chosen at 11:59pm HST.

Will YOU be this week’s lucky winner?

Good Luck!

Aloha Poʻalima! Happy Aloha Friday!

**Crooner Update:

Y’all amaze me. Every week. Right on.

Yes! The answer is A. Far Away Heaven. It’s a great debut from this oh-so-talented lady. Wow. (Please click HERE if you’d like to check out the album!)

And this week’s winner, chosen randomly from all of the correct answers is… (Drum roll, please…) CAROL! Congrats, Carol! That makes you this week’s Trivia Superstar!

Mahalo for playing this week, gang! And I hope you’ll take the challenge again next week, too.

The legendary Hawaiian duo, the Brothers Cazimero, consists of two awesomely talented brothers. What are their names?

A. DWIGHT AND DALE

B. NEDWARD AND NATHAN

C. ROBERT AND ROLAND

D. JOHN AND JAMES

• Please submit your answer by posting a reply to this entry on the blog.
• All correct answers will be eligible to win a special email message from me.
• One winner will be randomly chosen at 11:59pm HST.

Will YOU be this week’s lucky winner?

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Aloha Poʻalima! Happy Aloha Friday!

**Crooner Update:

Right on, gang!

I loved the question this week. It made me laugh. (I’m a fan of alliteration and coming up with the pairs of names brought a smile to my face.)

I LOVE HAWAIIAN MUSIC! True story.

And I listen to it all the time! Especially when I’m on the move–either walking along NYC’s crowded sidewalks or riding the rails on the subway through the tunnels under the concrete. (I’m convinced that it helps to keep me sane in this crazy city!)

Here are the TOP 5 SONGS from my iPod this week:

One of my favorite voices from the past is Aunty Lena Machado. And while her voice and this song are both considered to be vintage by some folks, in my mind they’re also timeless.

One of my favorite things to hear when I’m on Molokai is when one of the kūpuna (elders) calls out so sweetly to someone across the room, “Hui! Ei nei… aloha! Aloha mai!” (“You there! Darling! Love from me to you!”)

Listening to the song takes me back to when I was a little boy, staying in my grandparents’ house in Pennsylvania. After dinner was finished and the dishes had been washed, they’d turn out the overhead lights and the kitchen would be lit by a tiny light over the sink. We’d all go into the other room to watch television, with my grandparents holding hands while they walked.

This piece is dedicated to Aunty Edith Kanakaʻole and inspired by her song, Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai as well as her teachings. The composition, attributed to Kalani Meinecke and George Kahumoku in the album’s liner notes, describes different types of taros (Aunty Edith’s favorites) and is done like a hymeni-style (hymn-like) chant with beautiful vocal harmonies.

The last verse of the piece will be instantly recognizable to so many people as the group HAPA used it to close their legendary recording of Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai.

Note to self: I need to make this part of my repertoire!

*Please click HERE to visit the website of the Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation.